In his
article in the January/February Atlantic, Dan Slater argues that
online dating threatens commitment. The ease of finding new romantic partners
on sites like OkCupid and Match.com, he believes, makes it difficult to settle
on just one person. Slater writes, “What if the prospect of finding an
ever-more-compatible mate with the click of a mouse means a future of
relationship instability?” We asked a range of writers to provide their
perspective on how online dating is—or isn’t—changing the way people form
relationships today.